It's the same image, just with things moved around. And they're STILL using the out-dated early Serenity model that caused much confusion before. I've seen that exact image of Serenity used so many places.
I don't hate the cover, but I don't love it, hope it looks better actual size. Lunch with Joss sounds cool (maybe inspired by Dinner for Five?).
As usual, I can't let go of the price. Compared to other TV releases, it's way out of whack (when you look at the price per disc). I've been worried that we're specifically being milked for our fandom, but I did find the Prison Break Blu-Ray is similarly overpriced, so it looks like it's a 20th Century Fox thing. (Again, Fox the studio a.k.a. 20th, not Fox the network. Warners productionThe Sarah Connor Chronicles is well priced.)
Not sure what that's about, the 20th Fox pricing thing. I would think the market will correct that eventually. In the meantime, I'm reluctantly not going to buy this, but Netflix it instead.
Maybe Joss went to the bathroom during lunch and accidentally created a new show for Nathan, Alan and Ron? Re: pricing, yeah, the 3 disc Weeds Season Three BD pack was like $23.99 at Amazon last I looked.
Well, that's...interesting, I guess. Nowhere near an abomination like the original Serenity DVD art, but not as awesome as the original Firefly art either. I guess it fits somewhere in between.
And the Casablanca cover makes it look like a pack of cigarettes.
Fox PR sent along this BD Content and disc layout and some other bits and bobs:
Blu-ray Content:
The “Firefly” – The Complete Series Blu-ray Disc is authored in BD-J on three dual-layer 50GB discs presented in widescreen format (1.78:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Master Lossless Audio, Spanish and French Dolby Surround and German 5.1 DTS, plus English, Spanish and Dutch subtitles. Individual disc content as follows:
DISC 1:
˛ Serenity (Part 1 & 2)
˛ Commentary by executive producer Joss Whedon and actor Nathan Fillion
˛ The Train Job
˛ Commentary by executive producers Joss Whedon and Tim Minear
˛ Bushwacked
˛ Shindig
˛ Commentary by writer Jane Espenson, actress Morena Baccarin and costume designer Shawna Trpcic
˛ Special Features:
˛ Here’s How It Was: The Making of “Firefly” featurette
DISC 2:
˛ Safe
˛ Our Mrs. Reynolds
˛ BD Exclusive - Commentary by executive producer Joss Whedon and actors Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk and Ron Glass
˛ Jaynestown
˛ Out of Gas
˛ Commentary by executive producer Tim Minear and director David Solomon
˛ Ariel
˛ Special Features:
˛ BD Exclusive – “Firefly” Reunion: Lunch with Joss, Nathan, Alan and Ron featurette (HD)
DISC 3:
˛ War Stories
˛ Commentary by actors Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk
˛ Trash
˛ The Message
˛ Commentary by actor Alan Tudyk and actress Jewel Staite
˛ Heart of Gold
˛ Objects in Space
˛ Commentary by executive producer Joss Whedon
˛ Special Features:
˛ Serenity: The 10th Character
˛ Joss Sings the “Firefly” Theme featurette
˛ Joss Tours the Set featurette
˛ Deleted Scenes
˛ Gag Reel
˛ Alan Tudyk’s Audition
I like the cover, sp-blue suits the show (though so does sp-Western sp-brown). The extra extras don't set my world ablaze, must admit, as re-unions go for instance that's a bit short on, y'know, union but i'll pick it up down the line (good in one way of course since most of the cast are seemingly working).
Only the ones with "BD Exclusive" are new. So two commentaries and a reunion with only a third of the cast present. Our cup doesn't exactly runneth over IMO (but then any extra extras are a bonus and the quality difference is probably the most important "extra").
Unless you long for the series in hi-def, I guess.
I'll pick it up eventually when it's cheaper if Blu-Ray continues to do well (although the only TV-on-Blu-Ray that've sold really well are Lost and Weeds--probably due to the more than fair price for Weeds--and I bet The Sarah Connor Chronicles will do well too...apparently other TV-on-Blu-Ray isn't doing that great, so far).
The cover is way better than the original Firefly cover (although the ship and the piece of the planet are the same, just moved around). The cast is pretty, but way too many of them look awkward or less-than-their-best on the shot that was chosen for the Firefly cover (the individual slipcase covers, on the other hand, are nice--especially Zoe's and Book's).
This is exactly what I wanted on the cover--a standard iconic image of the ship (although apparently the wrong model--curious, what are the differences ?), and no peoples.
Is the Blu-Ray region locked, do we know? I seem to recall Fox region lock theres. It sucks for us UKers - to be honest, I'm sure somebody will put the extras on Youtube, and you just know what the international audience will do.
˛ Joss Sings the “Firefly” Theme featurette - oh my.
Yeah I thought I heard that too. It's one that i'd like to hear, bit of a glaring omission in some ways.
Joss singing is, indeed, on the original set (Disc 4 if you must but fair warning, as a singer he makes a great writer ;).
And yep, you just can't trust them durn furreners we'll be YouTubing stuff left right and centre (as well as promoting the spread of Communism through the welfare state).
Oh the watching's easy (it's just the credits ;). Fair play to him though, it was a "here's what I have in mind" demo not really intended for public consumption - he's got bricks to put it on there at all.
Saje got in between me and the post I was responding too.
Said it before, me and Hong Kong Phooey. Quicker than ... ;).
It was surprisingly difficult to find the correct image anywhere (although I know at one point there was a direct comparison and someone from Zoic explained that the other one was an older model that they'd since revised, yet somehow that's the image that keeps getting reused.) Here, see the comparison wrong version and correct version. That old image of Serenity really gets around (it used to be my desktop wallpaper back when it was on the official Fox site.) So we're used to seeing it, but if you actually look at the ship in the series, it's a bit more streamlined.
There's probably more than what's on the BDC site by now. I stopped maintaining it some time ago (and in fact at this point the back-end is non-existent and it's just an archive.)
Jobo | August 19, 17:33 CET
At least there's no llamas.
AnotherFireflyfan | August 19, 17:41 CET
TamaraC | August 19, 17:47 CET
I'd have thought more would've jumped at the chance for lunch with Joss. Could do wonders for your career. Although Alan and Ron might disagree...
hacksaway | August 19, 17:49 CET
As usual, I can't let go of the price. Compared to other TV releases, it's way out of whack (when you look at the price per disc). I've been worried that we're specifically being milked for our fandom, but I did find the Prison Break Blu-Ray is similarly overpriced, so it looks like it's a 20th Century Fox thing. (Again, Fox the studio a.k.a. 20th, not Fox the network. Warners productionThe Sarah Connor Chronicles is well priced.)
Not sure what that's about, the 20th Fox pricing thing. I would think the market will correct that eventually. In the meantime, I'm reluctantly not going to buy this, but Netflix it instead.
jam2 | August 19, 18:23 CET
zeitgeist | August 19, 19:13 CET
Yeah that's weird. I thought Jewel had already stated she did this thing, she just couldn't schedule doing new commentaries?
The One True b!X | August 19, 19:16 CET
And the Casablanca cover makes it look like a pack of cigarettes.
UnpluggedCrazy | August 19, 19:17 CET
The “Firefly” – The Complete Series Blu-ray Disc is authored in BD-J on three dual-layer 50GB discs presented in widescreen format (1.78:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Master Lossless Audio, Spanish and French Dolby Surround and German 5.1 DTS, plus English, Spanish and Dutch subtitles. Individual disc content as follows:
DISC 1:
˛ Serenity (Part 1 & 2)
˛ Commentary by executive producer Joss Whedon and actor Nathan Fillion
˛ The Train Job
˛ Commentary by executive producers Joss Whedon and Tim Minear
˛ Bushwacked
˛ Shindig
˛ Commentary by writer Jane Espenson, actress Morena Baccarin and costume designer Shawna Trpcic
˛ Special Features:
˛ Here’s How It Was: The Making of “Firefly” featurette
DISC 2:
˛ Safe
˛ Our Mrs. Reynolds
˛ BD Exclusive - Commentary by executive producer Joss Whedon and actors Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk and Ron Glass
˛ Jaynestown
˛ Out of Gas
˛ Commentary by executive producer Tim Minear and director David Solomon
˛ Ariel
˛ Special Features:
˛ BD Exclusive – “Firefly” Reunion: Lunch with Joss, Nathan, Alan and Ron featurette (HD)
DISC 3:
˛ War Stories
˛ Commentary by actors Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk
˛ Trash
˛ The Message
˛ Commentary by actor Alan Tudyk and actress Jewel Staite
˛ Heart of Gold
˛ Objects in Space
˛ Commentary by executive producer Joss Whedon
˛ Special Features:
˛ Serenity: The 10th Character
˛ Joss Sings the “Firefly” Theme featurette
˛ Joss Tours the Set featurette
˛ Deleted Scenes
˛ Gag Reel
˛ Alan Tudyk’s Audition
zeitgeist | August 19, 20:39 CET
Saje | August 19, 20:59 CET
korkster | August 19, 21:03 CET
Saje | August 19, 21:23 CET
korkster | August 19, 21:28 CET
ETA: Oops, one commentary in fact, mea culpa.
[ edited by Saje on 2008-08-19 21:33 ]
Saje | August 19, 21:32 CET
Simon | August 19, 21:41 CET
willbueche | August 19, 22:22 CET
I'll pick it up eventually when it's cheaper if Blu-Ray continues to do well (although the only TV-on-Blu-Ray that've sold really well are Lost and Weeds--probably due to the more than fair price for Weeds--and I bet The Sarah Connor Chronicles will do well too...apparently other TV-on-Blu-Ray isn't doing that great, so far).
The cover is way better than the original Firefly cover (although the ship and the piece of the planet are the same, just moved around). The cast is pretty, but way too many of them look awkward or less-than-their-best on the shot that was chosen for the Firefly cover (the individual slipcase covers, on the other hand, are nice--especially Zoe's and Book's).
This is exactly what I wanted on the cover--a standard iconic image of the ship (although apparently the wrong model--curious, what are the differences ?), and no peoples.
Kris | August 19, 22:25 CET
Saje | August 19, 22:30 CET
˛ Joss Sings the “Firefly” Theme featurette - oh my.
[ edited by gossi on 2008-08-19 22:36 ]
gossi | August 19, 22:35 CET
Kris | August 19, 22:39 CET
Simon | August 19, 22:40 CET
eddy | August 19, 22:43 CET
Ah, well. You can always listen to the fan commentaries for it. ;)
The One True b!X | August 19, 22:46 CET
Joss singing is, indeed, on the original set (Disc 4 if you must but fair warning, as a singer he makes a great writer ;).
And yep, you just can't trust them durn furreners we'll be YouTubing stuff left right and centre (as well as promoting the spread of Communism through the welfare state).
Saje | August 19, 22:49 CET
Edit to say, I mean commentary. Not singing. Saje got in between me and the post I was responding too.
[ edited by NYPinTA on 2008-08-19 22:50 ]
NYPinTA | August 19, 22:49 CET
I had no idea Joss sings the FF theme on the original DVD set. I'm scared to watch.
gossi | August 19, 22:52 CET
Saje got in between me and the post I was responding too.
Said it before, me and Hong Kong Phooey. Quicker than ... ;).
Saje | August 19, 22:55 CET
[ edited by Sunfire on 2008-08-19 22:57 ]
Sunfire | August 19, 22:57 CET
jcs | August 20, 00:10 CET
...ok I'm a big geek.
AnotherFireflyfan | August 20, 00:57 CET
There's probably more than what's on the BDC site by now. I stopped maintaining it some time ago (and in fact at this point the back-end is non-existent and it's just an archive.)
The One True b!X | August 20, 00:58 CET